Financial technology company executive joins Board to support SentinelOne's deployment in the security sector and push for strategies
SentinelOne, a provider of an automated cybersecurity platform, announced that Jeff Yabuki, the former president and CEO of Fiserv, Inc. has been appointed to the SentinelOne board of directors.
Yabuki served as Fiserv, Inc.'s CEO and board of directors from 2005 to 2020, a period in which the Fortune 200 company more than tripled its revenue from $3.2 billion to more than $10 billion and delivered shareholder returns of more than 900% through 2019. Prior to Fiserv, Yabuki served as executive vice president and COO of H&R Block and, Previously, he served as a Senior Officer at American Express globally. He is currently Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sportradar and is on the Board of the Royal Bank of Canada.
“The financial services sector continues to be exposed to particularly aggressive attacks, as cyber criminals target banking and financial institutions to monetize ransomware and steal data,” he highlighted Tomer Weingarten, co-founder and CEO of SentinelOne. "Jeff's experience as CEO of Fiserv gives him a unique perspective on the security needs of the financial services industry. We are honored to welcome him to our Board."
Yabuki will leverage his leadership and advisory background to support SentinelOne in business development. It will also be a driving force in pushing strategies and increasing performance as a publicly traded company, helping to define the right approach for SentinelOne's capital injection.
“It is an honor to join the SentinelOne board of directors,” he noted Yabuki. “The company's autonomous approach to security, powered by artificial intelligence, is not only a strategic differentiator from direct competitors, but a methodology that the financial sector needs to mitigate the growing challenges of cyber risk.”
